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title: A girl sees a broken bottle in dry summer grass. Why is it worth pic… — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl sees a broken bottle in dry summer grass. Why is it worth picking up? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

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A girl sees a broken bottle in dry summer grass. Why is it worth picking up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, picking · **What happens:** see, break, be, pick up · **To what, where:** broken bottle, dry summer grass

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl sees a broken bottle in dry summer grass.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t5:1
# text = A girl sees a broken bottle in dry summer grass.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a girl | a broken bottle |  | dry summer grass |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bottle=Stimulus |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is it worth picking up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t5:2
# text = Why is it worth picking up?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | picking |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The grass needs the glass to grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t5:o1:1
# text = The grass needs the glass to grow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | the grass | the glass |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | the grass *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is only worth it if the bottle is still full of something

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t5:o2:1
# text = It is only worth it if the bottle is still full of something
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the bottle |  |  |  | still | of something; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bottles left out in the sun grow into bigger bottles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t5:o3:1
# text = Bottles left out in the sun grow into bigger bottles
1	Bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | participle |  | Bottles *not said here* |  | the sun |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | present | Bottles |  |  |  |  | into bigger bottles *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into bottle=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Glass can focus sunlight and start a grass fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t5:o4:1
# text = Glass can focus sunlight and start a grass fire
1	Glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	focus	focus	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **focus** | can | Glass | sunlight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | Glass *not said here* | a grass fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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